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SearchPerks: another search-and-reward scheme from Microsoft
Microsoft launches SearchPerks today, yet another scheme that rewards users for using Live Search

Google Trends plots Xbox Live Troubles
Xbox Live, the popular online gaming system from Microsoft, has been experiencing on-going technical issues this week and Google's Hot Trends has been catching the action in all its gory detail.

Google Blog Search gets a new view
Google's Blog Search homepage has had a recent update to create a more user friendly view of the blogosphere.

YouTube Hot Spots spots what's hot
YouTube Insight has added a new feature to its arsenal: users can now discover which points of their videos users are watching again and again - and which points make them turn it off.

Apple fights with review quality
Apple has changed its policy to ensure that reviews of iPhone Applications can only be written by users who have purchased the application in question - making it harder for developers to negatively rate rival applications and manipulate star ratings

Wanna hear all about it...? Try Google’s New Audio Knol feature
Google Knol has launched a new audio playback function on some articles.

Search engine Ask gets a facelift
In an effort to boost the numbers of people dropping by to use its facilities, the search engine Ask has had a makeover.

Google and Yahoo! vs. the advertising world
As the Google and Yahoo! advertising deal continues to concern regulators and advertisers, the Justice Department have been asked to further investigate.

Yahoo! in hot water over BOSS presentation
As the major players battle it out for a bigger piece of the advertising pie, one smaller start-up managed to make the headlines this week thanks to a brazen presentation by Yahoo!.

Wikia's searching for new applications
Wikia Search continues its hunt for a slice of the search market with the launch of a new Intelligent Search platform.